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ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, N. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1897. PRICE S CENTS. I -.- 4 TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. ! THE STATE. i' The supreme court decides that when a railroad takes land under the right of eminent domain, otherwise than by actual grant, ft acquires only ail eace ment, and can take actual possession of unused portions of its, right of way only when necessary for actual use of the railroad.-- Dave Sutton says he Is going to be the next mayor of Wil- ; mington. Out of sixty-two persons examined at Raleigh for positions in , the Internal revenue' service, only, twelve passed. Rev, Dr . Marshall returns to Raleigh much improved;' he goes to Chapel Hill for rest. L. H. Corpening, a delegate to the populist national convention, brings suit for li bel against. Harry Skinner and Buck Kitchin for having charged Tiim with etealing their watches. The governor Issues a commission to D. H. Abbott' as railway commissioner.- Governor Russell yesterday appointed a new board of directors of the North Caro lina railroad. -The appropriations of the last legislature amounted to $950, 000. The commission of T. H. Sut ton as judge of the criminal court takes effect April 1st. . - DOMESTIC. The monitor Puritan is lying south of Hatteras life saving station, dis abled; the Columbia has been ordered to hasten to her assistance. The sheriff and posse are close upon the men who held up the Louisville and Nashville train , near Calera, Ala., Tuesday night; there were six bandits, and they secured about $3,000. Sco- vel's release was secured entirely', by private intercession and was granted as a personal favor; Secretary Olney declined from the first to take any steps to have him released. Theparties in the senate are still in doubt about what course to take as to reorganization of that' body; there, are a number of ru mors as to what plans have "been adopt ed, but no plans have yet been adopted; it is not thought that the democrats, . populists and free silver republicans can make a combination to defeat the ' republican plan of organization. A train is wrecked near Vicennes, Ind., and a number of persons lose their lives. The government cmp report shows the corn crop jon hand to be 1,164,000,000; there are in farmers' hands 88,000,000 bushels of wheat and 313,000, 000 bushels of oats. The Missouri river is. still rising and large portions of bottom lands in the state of Mis souri are under water. Hampton, Va., is excited over two elopements "which occurred yesterday. At. Car tersville, Ga., William Kilpatrick died yesterday,; aged 108 years; he enlisted in the confederate army at the age of 72 years, and served during the entire war. The Philadelphia base ball club goes to Augusta, Ga., to practice. ' The Rhode Island democrats hold their state convention and nominate a state ticket. A Chattanooga bank's paying teller in cashing a. $400 check, by mis take pays out eight packages contain ing ten 50 notes each; the river logger to whom it was paid' was last seen in Knoxville spending money lavishly. FOREIGN. Marines from foreign warships have raised the siege of Kandamo, in Crete, ' ' Urinjupinr-riaihiir liarn ;orl"Trrl -t- leave Crete. The- Greek government Will organize a foreign legion of troops to comprise foreigners who wish to join her army. Spain is losing ground in the Phillipines. -Fighting between Bashi Bazouks and Cretan insurgents occurs before the gates of Candia; in Burgents have started fires in that city.. . The leading London bankers now express belief that there will be no war in the east. The Floods in Missouri. St. Louis, March 10. The recent heavy rains have swollen the small streams in the northeastern part of Missouri and the low lands "are sub merged to a depth of from one to three feet. The loss in livestock-and damage to farm buildings' and crops is very heavy. The Missouri river is rising at an alarmng rate, and if the spring rise coines on top of the present high wa ter, fears are entertained of a disas trous flood. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad is keeping a large force of men constantly at work, repairing the bank alonsr the - river near St. i Charles.t-Mo., and every effort is being made to prepare for the expected flood. The Mississippi river at this city reg isters twenty-two feet, which is six feet below the danger line. js'evT Board for Nortli Carolina Railroad Raleigh, N. C, March 10. It was learned tonight on reliable authority I that the governor and council of state J today appointed a new board of direct ors for the North Carolina railroad, composed of men who are in sympathy with the governor in his fight upon the Southern railway. The governor re fused to be interviewed in regard to the matter tonight, and a member of the council would neither affirm nor deny that the change had been made. It is known, however, that the governor notified Judge Simonton by telegraph that the board had been changed sinee his restraining order of the 8th in stant was issued. it-. - : Two Elopments. Fort Monroe, Va., March 10. The vil lage of Hampton has been quite stir red up over two elopements which oc curred there yesterday, the happy cou ples going to Baltimore to haye the nuptial knot tied. TJie parties were James Guy, (in employee at the New port News shipyard and Miss Iellie Green, daughter of Mr, Charles Green chief clerk at the national soldiers home; and Miss Jennie Darden, daugh ter of to E. G: Darden, a prominent merchant of Hampton, and Mr. Dor sey Wood, a leading young merchant, of the city. Parental objection was the cause of the trobule. Rhode Island Democratic Convention Providence, R- I.; March 10. The democratic state convention was called to order at 12:30 o'clock and nomina tions of state officers were ma.de as fol lows: Governor, Daniel T. Church; .lieutenant governor, F. E. Bartlett; secretary of mate, Miles A. McNamee; attorney general, George T. Brown; gneral treasurer, Edmund Waiker. The - platform charges the republican legis lature with cowardice in not legislating before election, and after election pass ing bills in the interest of monopolies. Jt pledges the party and, nominees to legislation against monopolies and In . favor of home rule. Poahimg Work at th. Dockyards. London, March 10. The entire staff of employes at the Devonport dock yards, numbering 500, have been order ed to Work overtime for the purpose of tiastening the completion of the At ling out of the vessels upon whfch they are engaged; The order Is believed to lave been issued Jn "view of the crisis, which has arisen over th Cretan ques tion. t TO CUKE A COLD IN OSK DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money If it fall to cure. 25c. THE CRISIS IH THE .EAST. FOREIGN TROOPS LANDED IN CRETE TO PROTECT MOSLEMS Th Mniralnani Benltd at Ksndarr o Resetted by These Soldier, and Escorted to Salino Cretan Make Despemte "Ef forts to Reach the Refugee? London Bankers Say there Will be No' War. Ior Salisbury's Speech on the Sltna tion Danger on the Greclan.Tnrki.lt Frontier." . '. Athens, March 10. Advices received here from Crete this morning say that the siege of Kandamo hasJbeen raised and the foreign warships have landed detachments of; marines with Maxim guns to insure the safety of the Mos lems who were besieged. Prince Goerge, commanding the Greek flotilla, has been ordered to leave Crete for the Island of Skiathos, in the Gre cian archipelagd. The government contemplates " the formation of the foreign legion c-f troops, comprising persons other than Greeks? who desire to enter the mili tary services of Greece. .. ' ' Canea, March 10. The Mussulmans who were besieged by the Insurgents at Kandamo " have arrived . here on board an Italian warship. British and Italian transports with troops on board are lying off this place. Cologne, March 10. The Gazette pub lishes a special dispatch from Candla, Crete, under yesterday's date, which says that fightng between the force pf Bashi Bazouks and a band of Insur gents has taken place before the gates Of that town, in which the Bashi Ba zouks lost sixty of their number killed and wounded. The fire continues and the exasperation on both sides in creases'. It is probable that the Insur gents will set fire to the town If they are able to do so. J Londoni March 10. The leading Lon don bankers now express their belief that there will be no war In the east and a general feeling Of confidence is returning. Sir William Harcourt, the leader of the opposition in the house of com mons, has altered the pessimistic tone of his utterances, and It is supposed that his change of front is due to his having learned that negotiations be tween England and France In regard to Eypt are being continued. In the house of commons today Mr. G. N. Curzon, parliamentary 'secretary to the foreign office, said in answer to a question by Sir William Harcourt, the leader of the opposition, that the government had not heard that Greece had made or was intending to make aJ reply supplementary to her answer to the identical note of the powers in re gard to the Greek occupation of Crete, a cessation " of which the powers de manded. Mr. Curzon read a telegram from the British consul at Canea, Sir Abillottl, announcing the relief from a position of great peril of 523 men, 1,047 women and childrne, 340 soldiers and 1,000 Mussulman refugees who had been besieged at Kandamo by Christian in surgents. The dispatch added that the rescued persons were embarking on board warships at Selino, which place, the consul said, was in danger of being attacked by Christians after the de parture of the warships with the refu gees. - .Athens, March. 10. The Greek gov ernment has instructed its representa tives abroad to protest against the ex pulsion of Greek subjects from Canea as an arbitrary violation on the part of the cowers sof international law. Paris, March 10. The Temps publish es 'the announcement that active nego tiations have been opened with a view to the. organization of a new regime i-ia-Cre'tie, and intimates that the French eroverriment is esDcially concerned in the giying of a satisfactory reality to the scheme for autonomous adminis tration of the affairs of the island. London, March 10. At the dinner of .associated chamber of commerce. which was held, this evening. Lord Sal isbury delivered an address in which he referred briefly to the:crisis which has been reached in the affairs of Greece over the Cretan question, his lordship said it must-be remembered that the British government could not be guided in their policy by personal sympathies or religious proclivities and sentiments. They were the trustees of a great nation's interests and obliga tions, which they were "bound to main tain above everything else. If they manfully did their duty under the cir cumstances it would promote, as no other course of conduct could do, free dom and justice, and, above all, Euro pean peace, upon which all commerce, industry and well-being must depend, London. January 10. The Daily News tomorrow will publish a dispatch from uanea saying mat ine mussiumaua wuu had been, besieged at Kandamo and who have arrived at Canea were, con 'veyed there on board; the Italian trans port Trinicia, and that another vessel is expected to arrive shortly with more refugees.! - The force which relieved the -beleagured inhabitants - of - Kandamo also assisted 122 soldiers who were be sieged in the Spanik'o block house. A dispatch also says that the arrival of the Trinicia with her load of refu gees had created a deep -impression in Canea, One of the-chief beys ; says It ia impossible to express the grat'ituKle felt by the Moslems toward England. The Daily News correspondent re lates the story of the rescue of the be leaguered residents of Kandamo. upon the authority of the officers or the Trt nicia, the Turkish governor at Kan damo and others. His account says the utmost credit is due to Sir A. Billiolto, the British consul at Canea, who man aged the entire affair personally. With out him, the correspondent says, the besieged people could never have es caped. In ' the first instance, he went alone to Kandamo after conferring with the Cretan leaders, who expressed doubt of their ability to control their followers. The place was surrounded by 7,000 Cretans, who kept up a continuous fu sillade, which sometimes was . replied to by a light Are. Consul Billlotto en tered the town and remained until night fall, when, having become con vinced of the absolute necessity of em ploying -a force, of Europeans to effect the release of the beleagured ones, he returned to Salino, from which place he started on his return to Kandamo before dawn with a force of 250 British, 100 French, 100 Austrians, 150 Russians and 55 Italians, with four guns. This foree was commanded by the captain of the British warship Rodney. Upon ar riving at Kandamo the troops remain ed upon the outskirts while the consul entered the town to arrange;,, for the sortie. Borne delay occurred owing to a lack of beasts of burden. . The Cre tans had ceased their nrtng and ctom sented that the" Moslem soldiers should retain their arms, but when the latter emerged and ai start was made for Sa lino a scene of the wildest confusion and one of great danger took place. The horde of . Cretan insurgents sur rounded the refugees and, wherever a gap occurred In the escort, would dash in and tear their weapons from ,the Bashi Bazouks and snatch the bundles which many of the women and children carried. It was with the utmost dif ficulty that the' Moslems were prevent ed from firing on the Insurgents and thus bringing about a horrible slaughter During - the confusion one girl was kidnapped by the Cretans, The Daily Chronicle will publish to morrow a dispatch from Athens saying that Greece has 60,000 troops on the frontier, and that the Turkish and Greek outposts are very close together in places. For instance, at Arta the Turks hold one end of a bridge and the Greeks the other. A Greek general re cently, while Inspecting the frontier, accidentally entered Turkish , territory and was capiured by the Ottoman "pa? trol, but was eventually rescued by his' troops. - . The Mtuation on the frontier. It Is said, is a dangerous one and little would be required to set the country ablaze. AN IMPORTANT DECISION, A Railroad's Bights a. to Possession of the "Right of "Way" Rev. Dr. Marshall Re turns to Raleigh Greatl ylmproved IJbel Salts Against 8klnner and Kitchin The Commission of T. H. Sntton'asVadge. (Special to. The Messenger.) ' Raleigh, N. C, March 10. The gov ernor commissions D. H. Abbott, rail way commissioner. His commission to Thomas H. Sutton as judge of the Eastern criminal circuit Is effective April 1st. - ' Sixty-two persona were examined for places In the internal revenue serlvoe In this district January , 19th. Notice was given that only twelve passed. Of these nine are from Raleigh; one is a lady. ' Rev. Dr. Marshall returned today from the "western ... hospital. He Is greatly. Improved. He goes to Chapel Hill In a few days for rest. L Governor Russell and Attorney Gen eral Walser had a conference today re garding the 'Injunction of the federal court as to the lease. State Treasurer Worth finds that the legislative appro priations aggregate $950,000, . which far exceeds any previous appropriations. It is said the special appropriations amount to $130,K L. H, Corpening, who Was- delegate to the last national populist conven tion, sues Congressman Skinner and Buck Kitchin for - libel, they having charged that he, their room mate, stole their-watches and money. Other del egates are summoned to appear .as wit nesses. The case comes up at Morgan- ton. Dave Sut'ton said today: "You can say that I will certainly be mayor of Wilmington after the fourth Monday In March, and I will be a good one too." One of the most important, suits that has been before the supreme court is that of the Raleigh, and Augusta Air Line against Sturgeon, which affected only a small piece of land, but involved a great principle, affecting indirectly thousands of acres of land in this state worth perhaps millions of , dollars. -JIhe railroad company brought an action of ejectment against Sturgeon to remove him from Its right of way, claiming it owned 100 feet on each side of the centre of the track. The com pany had not bought the land and had paid nothing for it, but claimed under the special provisions of its charter there wasafter the lapse of two years conclusive presumption of a grant for full 200 feet and that its actual posses sion of part was constructive possession of the whole of Its right of way. ' The defendant had been in uninterrupted possession of his land, but as np sta tute of limitation or presumption ever runs against a railroad in this state his possession would not avdll against the company. The court dismissed the action, laying down the great principle that w herever a railroad company took land under the right of eminent do main, otherwise than by actual grant It acqjaired ; only an easement, and could take actual possession of unused portions of Its right of way only when necessary for actual uses of railroad. AN EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED. Five Persons Killed and Others "Wounded. The Rain-Soaked Track Gives Way Un der the Train Cars Precipitated into Deep Water. Evansville, Ind., ' March 10. The Louisville and Nashville limited train, southbound from Chicago, -was wreck ed this morning at 12:30 o'clock at a point one mile south of Hazleton, Ind., and thirty-seven miles north of Evans ville, on the Evansville and Terre Haute road. "Five men were killed and two seriously injured. The accident was the result of the eavy rains in southern Indiana since aturday. White river, near Hazleton, overflowed and the back-water washed out the tracks of the Terre Haute. Trains were running on slow orders, as the road bed was known to be in bad condition. When the "Cannon Ball" train reached the fill this morning the embankment suddenly gave way and the baggage and- part of 'the smoker dropped into about six feet of water. The engine turned over, but the bag gage car remained upright. The smoker hung over the end of the track. The sleeper remained on the track. Engineer John McCutchan escaped death by jumping, but ; hiis fireman. Bowman, was caught in the cab and drowned. Conductor Sears, Brakeman Baldwin, Herbert Allen and two un known men were in the smoker. Brake man Hausen was near the dobr. When the baggage car went down the jar threw him against a seat, injuring one of his limbs. He crawled out the door and swam a considerable distance to reach land. J. B. . Henderson was in jured by being thrown against a seat. Wrecking trains were sent out Im mediately to the scene, but the rail road officials are unable to state when traffic will be resumed. A telephone, message from Hazleton says that another crevasse has appear ed between White river bridge and the one where the train was wrecked. It Is spreading rapidly, and the damage to the road bed will be very serious. It Is reported that an overcoat marked J. T. PhilliDS was found floating on the water near the wreck. The damasre to the roadbeds of the Evansville and Terre Haute and the Evansville and Indianapolis j-oads by the recent rains and floods to date is estimated at $1,000,000. , Telegraphic Sparks. The comtalttee of arrangements of the (faculty and trustees of Washing ton and Lee university decided on ep t-emiber 14th as the day for -Che ins!taHa- tion of Preslden-elect William L. Wil son. . - The -Monon railroad was old at In. dianapolis under an order of the court at 11 a. m. yesterday by Commissioner Van Buren, for $3,001,000. 'l'nirty thou sand dollars was deposited as a guar antee. 1 1 - The steamer Bermuda arrived at Fernand'ina Tuesday nigWt, land 1$ still there. Rumors that he was e el zed were not confirmed last night. It is thought tfoat there Is nb foundation for them.; Reductions m wages of from 18 to 20 per cent,, affecting about 800 men, Ihave been announced in the Keystone Txnxxge rolling mill, at Pittabun-g, and' J!he Standard Manufacturing Company in Allegheny. . T. J. Crawford, of Newport, attorney for Scott Jackson, yesterday morning presented Governor Bradley, of Ken tucky..hSs brief and petition for a par don for 5ji j client. The papers are a foot thick and It will take the gov ernor two days to, go over tnem. -The morehbound Illinois Central St Louts express collided with a frefgiht train at Bast Cairo, Ky., at 1:28 o'clock yesterday morning, muwg jmremian Walter Rogers and Injuring Telegraph Operator Godwin Boaz, wno was In the station, which, was knocked over by the passenger engine. The Crisis in Germany. Berlin. March 10. The National Zel- fune' say$ ttoe parliamentary situation in Germany mas wnea a serious tarv of state for the admiralty, the paper says, Is determined to resign if he ia unable to carry ail tne essenirai demands of Ms estimates. THE SENATE ADJOURNS. PRESIDENT HAD NO IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS TO MAKE.' Ex-Senator Ransom Cordially Greeted by His Old Comrades Credential, of Ken tucky's New Senator Presented and Re ferred to' Committee on Objection to Hi. Being Sworn In Senator Hoar Gives Notice of Proposed Amendments to. the Kale, so as to Expedite Business. Washington, March 10. There was an unusually large attendance of sen ators at the opening of today's session in the senate. Ex-Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, now minister to Mexi4 co, was on the floor and was cordially greeted by his former associates. " The vice . president' laid before the senate a communication from Govern or Bradley, of Kentucky, setting forth that he had appointed Andrew T. Wood, of Montgomery county,; Ken tucky, as senator from that state to supply a - vacancy which - had been created during the recess of the. legis lature that body not being in session the appointment to be in force until., the next meeting of the legislature and unyt the ,electioji.4f,al aena.tor-,-Z fThe communication having been read, a motion was made by Senator Hoar that Mr. Wood be now admitted to take the oath. Senator Gorman The senator, of course, understands the - question In volved in this matter. I move, as a substitute, that the communicatfon and credentials be referred to the com mittee on privileges and elections. Senator Hoar Under present cir cumstances I do not expect to antago nize the motion of the senator from Maryland. Senator Gorman s substitute was agreed to, and Mr. Wood's credentials were referred to the committee on priv ileges and elections. Senator -Hoar gave notice of two amendments to the rules, which were read. They were both radical innova tions upon the practice of the senate for a century past. The first was "to enable the .senate to act on legislation when it desires, after reasonable de bate.' It proy'ided that wlven any bill or resolution had been under consider ation more than one day any senator could demand that debate be closed. If a majority of the senators so decided there should be a vote without further delay, and no motion should be in or der "pending the vote but one to ad journ or to take a recess. The other was'ln relation to calls of the senate, so that if a suggestion be made of the'ab- sence of a quorum the presiding officer, instead of instantly ordering a call to be made, shall determine the matter and report whether there is or ia not a quorum present. It there is, xne dus iness shall proceed; and if not, the roll is to be called. The purpose of this proposed, change was stated to be "to prevent the interruption or dusi? ness by Ainnecessary calling of the roll." Senator Shoup, republican, of Idaho, presented a memorial from the legis lature of Idaho, asking for the annex ation of portions of Wyoming to that state. ' Senator Warren, republican,- of' Wy oming, referred to the memorial as an attempt to have a portion or a good and fertile state added to" a somewhat dry and barren one, and intimated that opposition to it would be made In prop er time. " The senate then proceeded 'to execu tive business and. at 12:40 o'cltock ad journed without day. During the executive session or tne senate today attention was called to the fact (that. 4t having agreed to ad journ until 11:30 o'clock next Monday, an embarrassing condition of affairs would result should any nominations be sent to tne senate on that. day. Mr. McKinley has called an extraordinary session of the Fifty-fifth congress to convene March 15th at noon. The pres ent special session of the senate will end at noon on that day. Any omina- tions sent in would therefore have to be acted upon within the' half hour the bodv would be in session, or they would fail and the president would nave to send them In again during the regular session. To obviate such a condition of affairs it was agreed that the best thing to do was to adjourn sine" die and this was done. The senate was this morning advised that there would be no important nom inationsbefore next week. Onr Country's Grain Crops. Washington, March 10. The crop re port of the department of . agriculture, based on returns from three independ ent sets of regular correspondents, add ed to several thousands from mills and elevators, all carefully combined and weighed, relates principally to the: dis tribution of principal grains, the; stocks remaining on farms and the propor tions of merchantable and . unmerchant able. All grain in the hands of farm ers, including amounts remaining over from previous years, are included in the estimates given. The corn on hand, as estimated, ag gregates 1,164,000,000 bushels, or 51 per cent, of the last crop, against 1,02,000,- 000 In March. 1896. Both the proper tion and the quantity In original hands at this date are unprecedented, al though closely approached last year and in March, 1890. Correspondents re port large stocks In cribs, particularly In the prairie states, awaiting better prices. The aggregate sold from farms to go beyond county lines is 623,000,000 bushels, or 27.3 per cent, of the crop. The proportion merchantable, is "1,936, 000,000, or 84.8 per cent. The wheat reserves in farmers' hands amount to 20.6 per cent, of the crop, or 88,000,000 bushels, against 123,000,000 bushels last March. Of this amount per-; cent, is reported as coming over from previous crops. .The proportion of wheat sold outside the county Is 51.7 per cent. - Of oats there are 313,000,000 bushels. or 44.2 per cent of the 1896 crop, yet ia farmers' hands. The proportion shipped beyond county lines is 27 per cent. i In Hot Pursuit of the Train Robbers Birmingham, March. 1Q- Sheriff O'Brien, and. posse, who left here at 2 o'clock a. m. to pursue robbers who held up Louisville and Nashville train No. 4 near Calera last night, are close after "the gang in the Woods of Shelby county and news of 'their capture hourly expected Further developments show that two of the robbers carrying rifles, boarded the engine as the train pulled out of Calera and ordered the train stopped at the water tank tWa miles north, where four other" men were 1-ni watting. All the men were masked and armed with revolvers and rifles. The 'bandits attemifyted to; cut off the express oar from the remainder of the train, but failed, then they or dered the express car door opened. They threatened to' dynamite the car, and- they carried thirty sticks of dy namite in a bag. The order was obey ed by Messenger Gordon, and the safe '.was robbed. The amount taken is be lieved to be about ' $3,000. "The money packages were placed hi a bag which had contained the dynamite, the latter being left beside the track and tike gang took, to the" woods. It is believed that their identity t known. Death at Kelly. Cove, Mrs." E. H. Anders died yesterday af ternoon at her home In Kelly's Cove, Bladen county, of pneumonia. The de ceased lady was in her 45th year and leaves a husband and : five children. Mrs. Anders was the second gaught$B of Mrs. J, Worth, e this city, and aa a ' large circle of relatives i' and friends in the community who deeply mourn her death. Captain Albert Worth, brother of the deceased, left this morning to attend the funeral. ..Fayettevllle Observer of yesterday. I .1 SCOVELL'S RELEASE Secured, Not Through Intervention of Onr ; Government, bnt by Private Represents ' tlons Secretary Olney Declined to Inter . cede for the Captlre. 'Washington, March ltf. The state de partmen -has received a cable message from" Consul General Lee at Havana, announcing that the New York corre spondent, Sylvester Scbvell, was re leased today. - " It is learned that the release of Sco vell hy the Spanish authorities, was .(secured through : private represenltaT Hons, and -not hy any application by the United States either through Secre tary Sherman or Secretary Olney. Soon after Scovell's arrest, Mr. Walter J. t Mullens, his brother-in-law, and Mr. John McSweeney, of Wooster, Ohio, his attorney, came to Washiwg tira to solicit the intervention of the government in his behalf. Secretary .Olney declined to (take any steps ip the matter for the reason that Scovejl had once been expelled from Cuba and had returned to the Island in, violation of hi3 parole, under a false name and a-fafee passport. I Mr. Scovell' relatives then' sought the good offices of the Spanish minis, ter, who promised to use Ms efforts to secure Scovell's release, upon certain conditions, which are: First That it nKilauld be regarded as a personal and not. a diplomatic, matter, so that it might : not be used as a precedent In the future; second, that the newspaper agitation in 'regard to Scovell's arrest Should be stopped, and 'that Scovell's ather shorn M make an appeal to the government of . Spain for Scovell's. re lease as an act of mer.y and ntot as an act of Justice. .-Mr.. Scovell's relatives accepted these, conditions and (have -done" their best to carry them out. The Rev. Mr. Sco vell, who is president of Wooster uni versity, sent very eloquent appeal on behalf of his son, which Mr. Dupuy de Lome, the Sp&nlsh minister, - endorsed with a recommendation for the young man's immediate release without trial and forwarded it to the Spanish au thorities. There has been considerable correspondence on the subject be tween Madrid, 'Havana and the,Spanish legation in Washington, but the in tervention of the department of state has never been exercised or requested since the original interview he'eween Mr. Scovell's relatives and Secretary Olney. The Porltan Disabled Off Hatterap. Washington, March 10. The navy de partment today received the following dispatch in regard to the diabled moni tor Puritan: ' Hatters Cove, N. C, March 10. 1 p m. "The Puritan's engines are disabled. One may run a short time, but have a convoy ready to tow. We weathered the gale admirably. ' BARTLETT, Com. Officer." becretary of the Navy Long wired this morning to Captain, Sands, of, the cruiser Columbia at Hampton Roads, Va., to proceed to Hatteras with all dispatch to assist the monitor Puritan, which is reported disabled near Cape Hatteras. The Puritan is lying south of Hatteras life saving station, sup posedly with her machinery disabled. She put into Soutlrport, N. C, on Thursday last for shelter from the heavy weather and it is thought at the navy r department that she started from Southport to New York yesterday. rne ttripie screw cruiser Cxwumbla. which has been ordered to the rescue of the monitor Puritan, disabled off Cape Hatteras, can scarcely reach her destination 'before tomorrow morning. The distance is over 260 miles from , Hampton KOads, and the Columbia is not expected, In her present condition. to rim over eighteen knots an hour as a maximum. Captain Sands telgraphed the navy department that he would leave at 3 o'clock, which would biirigL him off Hatteras about 5 o'clock to morrow -morning. In the meantime the naval authorities hope the 'gale will not increase and that Captain Bart lett, of the Puritan, will be able to kfeep off shore. Secretary Long 'has done the best he could by ordering the fastest ship in American waters to Che Puritan's relief, the Columbia luckily being in that vicinity. Otherwise it might have taken ' several days to ef fect a rescue. Norfolk, Va., March 10. The United States monitor Puritan, which left Charleston last Friday and encount ered heavy weather all the way ' up the coast, is now in Raleigh bay, near Du rant's life saving station, North Caro Una, in a disabled condition and the cruiser Columbia has gone to her as sistance. The Puritan, after leaving Charleston, was obliged to anchor 1 Saturday's storm and shortly after wards it was discovered that one of her engines was disabled and that she she could make but little headway against the heavy sea. After an ex ceptionally glow trip, however, she ar rievd off Hatteras late Tuesday even ing, when it was discovered that the other engine was working badly. The Puritan steamed back and forth in front of the life saving station, signal ing her condition to the life savers who patrolled the beach all night, so as to give immediate aid . should it be re quired. Captain Bartlett managed to keep off shore all night, however, and early this morning he wired the de partment that one engine was disabled and he could not depend on the other, and that he must have a convoy to tow him to Hampton Roads, The Columbia at once left for Hatteras and will re turn with her in tow tomorrow If to night's gale does not: increase. Senate Cornmittee on Foreign. Relatloct Washington, March 10. The senate committee on foreign relations did not take up the general treaty of arbitra tion between the United States and Great Britain at its meeting this morn ing. The subject was. not mentioned except ill connection Wlth a motion, which was agreed to, ' that a special meeting be held Friday for the purpose of considering that convention, f .The Alaskan boundary treaty! was after a short discussion ordered to be favorably reoorted. Much of the time of the committee this morning was consumed in self congratulations, over the change of the administration and the probability of a freer exchange of yews and Information between the ex ecutive" and legislative branches of the government, Qwinjf to the elevation of Mr. Bherraan, the former chairman of the committee, to the premiership of the administration. Mr. Davis, the new chairman, was aJsa congratulated by his associat.es d.uring informal talk arounq omnauiee -tame. A Bank Teller's Big Mistake, Chattanooga, Tenn,, March 10. Through a clerical error of the paying tfUer, the First National bank of tbis ciiy is a looser to the extent or 3,tuu A few days since a Tennessee river logger presented an order given by Snodgrass & Fields for $400 at the bank, Charles Knoedler, the teller. opened his cash drawer and tossed out eight bundles of bank notes, each con talnlng ten $50 bills. The raftsman whose home is on the, Fpneh, Broad river in extreme east Tennessee soon disappeared. ' The mistake was not discovered until notice of the payment was sent to the lumber firn q? 8ntd grass & Fields, who produced the can celled check made out on its face for but 5400. The raftsman was seen in Knoxville yesterday spending, money lavisniy. : Bismarck's Poor Condition of Health Berlin, March 10. The Hamburger Nachriohten announces that Prince Bismarck has lately been in poor health and is now suffering from hror ic neuralgia, which deprives him of the power pf sjeeai and renders It fm- possibra for him to sleep, ihe ex- chancellor, the paper says, rather dreads oieclehratkm of the 82nd an niversary ef his -birth on April 1st Though he will not forbid the holding of the torchlight procession n his honor, on his birthday, he will toe a si lent spectator of the parade. THE LEASE INJUNCTION OVERSHADOWS ALL OTHER MAT. TERS AT THE CAPITAL, First Suit of the Kind Ever Brought A Bad Hove Politically Harry Over Who Shall Be Commissioner of Agricnltnre. New State Boards Most Important of the Bills -Which Died on Honse Calen. dar The Bill to Preserve Dismember ment of the Cape Fear and Tad kin Val ley Railroad Ratified. Messnegr Bureau, Park Hotel. Raleigh, N. C, March 10. It was 1:05 o'clock this morning when the legislature adjourned sine die, after a most eventful session of sixty-two days. Most of the talk today among the public men was about the injunction of Judge Simonton against interference with the lease of the. North Carolina railway to the Southern. A very prom inent jurist says that so far as he knows, it is j the first time a governor has been enjoined from bringing suits in his own courts; that the people of North Carolina are jealous of the fed eral courts, this being particularly the case west of here; that he thinks this proceeding, for this reason ill-advised; that It will add immensely to the strength of the populist party in the state; that the governor will. If Simon ton decides against him at Greensboro April 6th, certainly take the case to the' United States supreme court, which will hardly confirm ' such a decision; that if Simonton sets aside the injunc tion it will be equivalent to saying the state courts can settle the matter. "' The directors bf the central hospital for the insane here are called to meet on the 18th inst. j There is, it seems, quite a little flurry I as to who shall be the new commis sioner of agriculture. The populist mi nority want J. M. Mewborne to get the place, but it may be that Senator Par ker, of Randolph, will be the winner. ' There were no less than fifteen fac tions in the legislature. The lease question tore the parties all to pieces. It now threatens to continue this next year. This is why the western repub licans were so anxious to get It out of politics. Governor Russell's friends laugh at the attempts made by many 'of the republican legislators to balk him in his purpose to have control of the va rious ' institutions. They fought him; desperately, black and white, but in ,the end he has had his way. The new board 'of trustees of the Agricultural and mechanical college meets on the 25th. A member of it says there is no purpose to make any changes in the faculty, but to make changes as to the officers and employes. J, C. L. Harris is chairman of the new board of agriculture. Mr. Mebane, state superintendent of public instructions, has just returned from a visit to Washington to see the United States commissioner of educa tion. Dr. Harris. The latter is Invited to attend'the meeting of the North Car olina Teacers Association next sum mer, i No less than 400 bllsl died on the leg islative calendar. Among the chief were these: To prevent habitual drunkenness. : To prohibit the existence of trusts and combines. To establish a state reform school. To aid In the enforcement of the inter-state com merce law. To require compulsory at tendance at public schools. To estab lish a true meridian in each county of the state. To tax pistols at each sale. A Joint resolution of sympathy with Cuba. To print and distribute the sketches of North Carolina reel ments in the war. To protect public water supljea. To reduce the tonnage tax on commercial fertilizers from 25 to 20 cents per ton. To provide for holding farmers" ' Institutes. .To pro tect song and insect-eating birds. To protect wives against cruelty of hus bands. To establish the rule of master and servant between municipal corpo rations and their employes. To forbid minors from entering and loafing In Darrooms. to make the wives or con federate soldiers eligible to pension on' the death of the latter. To amend the constitution by incorporating the elect ion law as tne nneenth amendment and define what constitutes a politcial party. To allow court stenographers. To fix time of payment of mill em ployes. To increase duties arid power" of the railway commission. To create a state board of -equalization. To create a code commission. To incorpo rate the state veterinary association. To furnish arms and legs to all confed erate soldiers. To' allow mayors to perform the marriage ceremony. To' allow deputy clerks of -court to probate deeds. Editor Ayer, of Senator Butler's pa per was asked today what he thought of the legislature and replied "Let the dead past bury its dead."- The negroes in this state seem to feel sure that John C. Dancy, of Salisbury, will get the place of register of the Dis trict of Columbia. James E. Boyd Is bemg pressed for the position of first assistant. postmaster general. The total number of acts and resolu tions of the . legislature enrolled was 776 of the former and 66 of the latter.- The bill to preyent the dismember ment of the ; Cape Fear and Tadkin Valley railway in" a sale was ratified Monday night. The populists are declaring that their party Will sweep the state in 1898 and that they will absorb thousands of re publicans and democrats. The Sugar and Wool Schedules. Washington, March 10. The sugar schedule was finished today by the re publican members -of the ways and means committee. Ihe conoluslitons reached were foreshadowed in the Southern Associated Press dispatches of iaM nffght. , ,The -differential duty wat placed at .16 a cent a pound. A coxmitervailing'.'-duty.' .against bounty paying countries- was fixed so as to equalize the net amount of the bounty thatjls to ay, the extra amount of the bounty, less an- internal revenue tax levied. . ' - .' .- ,;, . , The woolen schedule was taken ud at the afternoon and-evening sessions and several tentative - rates . adapted, hut another session .will be necessary hefore th schedule Is completed. The Philadelphia Nine Come So nth. Philadelphia, Pa.. Marcftx 10. Mana ge Starlings and eighteen players of the Ph41adtp4ira base -ball club left 'here this afternoon on tler steamer City of Maoon for Savannali, Ga., whence they .will go tio Augmsta and' engage to Spring- practice. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 11, 1897, edition 1
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